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Ohio’s Data-Center Revolt Is Upending the Midterms

Patty Spillman and Jen Belt drive through the outskirts of Grove City, Ohio, mapping the battle lines of a war they’ve waged for months. Pointing out the window of Belt’s blue Chrysler mini-van, Sp...

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The Martyr of Pizzagate

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a three-part series commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Pizzagate, a conspiracy theory that led to a shooting at the Washington, D.C., restaurant Comet Ping...

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The Trump Aide Trying to Stop a Blue Wave

The most powerful members of Donald Trump’s government, security details in tow, filed into the Capitol Hill Club in February for a pep talk from the president’s top political adviser, James Blair....

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He Wanted to Save Children. Instead, He Unleashed Chaos.

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What progressives see in Central Florida — for the midterms and beyond

ORLANDO — Standing in the rain at the University of Central Florida on Wednesday, state Rep. Angie Nixon surveyed the roughly 100 students gathered in front of her.“I'm just looking at y'all. Ashle...

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South Park Season 29, Episode 4 Review: 'Guinea Pig on a Stick'

Full spoilers follow for South Park Season 29, Episode 4!This season of South Park America started off well enough, but there's been a real struggle to build any real momentum over the long haul. I...

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Netanyahu claims stolen election amid failure to secure victory

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party on Wednesday said that voter fraud perpetrated by Arab citizens prevented him from winning a clear victory in the country’s election.In a sta...

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Hacktivist group says it obtained personal data on thousands of DHS employees

A hacktivist group working to “limit further harm by the DHS” says it obtained data on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including staffers’ phone numbers and email addres...

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‘Lisa is Lisa’: Murkowski endorses a Democrat as she faces 2028 dilemma

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed a Democrat for governor this week as she ponders her own reelection decision. Amid speculation about her retirement, political operatives and longtime watchers say ...

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Trump, Murkowski hammer Peltola over Alaska ballot-stacking report

President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that Democrat Mary Peltola be removed from Alaska’s Senate ballot following a report linking her campaign to a secret effort to peel away votes from Republ...

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‘Netanyahu fatigue’ in Washington after Israel vote

Israel’s election deadlock has dashed hopes in Washington for a quick reset of the U.S.-Israel relationship — an alliance that has frayed across party lines during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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Trump Is Closing From Behind

Modern political history offers few examples of closing arguments that appear more out of touch, self-defeating, or downright bizarre than what Donald Trump has offered his fellow Republicans ahead...

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US elections: Republicans are betting on Islamophobia to win the midterms

US elections: Republicans are betting on Islamophobia to win the midterms Submitted by Mobashra Tazamal on Tue, 10...

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The battle for the future of a House Democratic majority is raging

The battle for the future of a House Democratic majority is already underway.In phone calls, group chats and strategy sessions, competing wings of the party are jockeying for position, seeking to b...

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Fear of a Democrat takeover has tech, crypto and industrial firms rushing to K Street

Donating to President Donald Trump’s pet projects may have seemed like a savvy corporate investment 18 months ago.But today, companies are hiring lobbyists and crisis communications experts out of ...

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Elizabeth Warren eyes post-election Senate leadership move

Elizabeth Warren is looking at making a move within the Senate Democratic leadership team after the midterms.Warren, who is currently in the No. 5 spot, isn’t interested in being top leader but cou...

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Top House Democrats demand Trump preserve conversations with Grok

The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees want President Donald Trump to preserve his conversations with artificial intelligence chatbots as part of an inquiry into whether ...

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Banks see ways to get ahead in a Democratic Congress

For big banks, long aligned with Capitol Hill Republicans, a Democratic-controlled House or Senate could offer some unexpected opportunities.The financial industry giants want Congress to restrict ...

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Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks dominate Michigan’s election homestretch

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN — “A threat to America.” “Radical ideology.” “A jihadist.”President Donald Trump and Republicans are ratcheting up their efforts to brand Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a Michigan-born...

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Trump clashes with Maryland over golf project on a Superfund site

President Donald Trump's plan to make over another golf course near the nation's capital — this one on top of a Superfund site at the military base home to Air Force One — is drawing pushback from ...

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‘We don’t touch criticism’: how the Areto AI hides abuse but allows free speech with MPs

CANBERRA — Jacqueline Comer is the founder and chief product officer of Areto, an AI-powered app which POLITICO revealed Australian MPs were using to protect themselves against gendered abuse on so...

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